New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-27
THE BALTIMORE ELECTION.
THE DEMOCRATIC PLURALITY Is 1885.
GAIN OF NEARLY TWO THOUSAND VOTES OVER
THE MAJORITY TWO YEARS AGO.
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'AIN OF NEARLY TWO THOUSAND VOTES OVER
| THE MAJORITY TWO YEARS AGO.
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BALTIMORE Get. ga liberal supply OF Doodle" a
weItrained band otrepeaters and thorough knowledge
! OF the loop holes left by the defective reg
carry the mayOralty election to-day. There is
great Joy in their camp. though it is
not unalloyed. as the Republicans elected ten out
OF thirty Counemen. The Republicans are
almost unropresentei in the present City Council Ac-
cording to the official figures Latrobe, the Demo-
cratic nominee, received 34,s27 votes and Bartlett
oo'42 ltis significant fact that while the Repubi-
can ticket made significant incursons the majority
the Democrats In the strong Democratic
wards OF which the registration books have been
recently subjected to tho scrdtiuy OF the
courts tho Democratic ticket secured its winning ma
'orities in the wards in which the
vote has hitherto been largely Republican
There was an unusually large colored vote
poiled, and while the Republicans
ceved n larger number than ever before,
number were bought It was known
early in the morning that number OF repeaters
had arrived from Philadelphia and Washington
under the direction OF EugcRe Higgins who came as
night
The election was quiet enough through
out the city generally and with the exception OF
the usual number OF dsorderly cases. there few
disturbances until O'Clock, just before the
polling windows about be closed, when murder
occurred In the seventeenth Ward which about
toughest part OF the city, especially on election
days Two began to quarrel Edwin DAILY.
a " Regular" interfered ou the part OF his
friend and Edward Alters took tho part OF
the "lndependent" The quarrel between the
two men became warm until the latter,
taking great offence at insulting remark
made by Day pulled out his revolver and shot
him dead. Alters is the brother Of man who
ran IN the recent Democratic Legislative primal as an
aht-Rasin candidate.
The result is follows. taking all tho candidates for
Mayor
baItett 'ltrp ......so ~
Laro5c plurality 1855
The Republicans olec; eleven out OF thirty couucIimcn
gain o. seven
AsIcsults show German told his COZ workers the truth
at Hirlm' Hotel when lie said he had
who eou.d work tao knights OF Lao1r. The order
It Il true has only been arraysd
against Jach-1n. tho ring nominee for
Govcrnor bat they wcro told and fully realized fact
that II Tie ring at the municipal election the
nhuorce Of that victory would doubt carry
the State Gormans hired knights OF Labor worked
successfully among tho members OF tho
order, stuffed them with story that
Mr Blrte hat cheated tho United states
IRON contracts and that Iatrobc the workngmans
only friend. German Well knew that II they voted
for Lltrobc they wouu be pretty certain not to
vote so.li against jackson for Governor
Ihe Independents were much disappointed as to the
labor VOC. Gorm1n and his workers bent all
their cucrg.c, in that direction Tho ma
loIty o. tno laborIng class OF Baltimore
q. aaI 'lcy VII +iich ~ the ward bosses: who Ia
nearly every instance. Irsn except in The
wards where tAc Germans A. more numerous. The
victory las been dearly bought II f. roughly cstmatct
tia. % has cost the rius over SGp,oOl Tney have
dtawn heavily their fund, FOR the campalr. In tho
counties. several extra assessments have been
lev 4. Lali0uc pays about 10000 FOR the
rrl, lego OF being Mayor OF baltimore for
two moro years. Mr. Johu X Cowen, the
leader ~ The tcu, League said to night that this had
beer 800 even more fraudulent election than that OF two
yc- 30.
Another Independent said that thr greatest evidence OF
fraud in tho fnrt that years ago
Hodge, tho ring Lomirec FOR Mayor, re
ceiycd rieLtcr majority than was gwen Cleveland
that THIS Time IarObc. the ring nominee II counted
tn by larger majority than Hodges who Bart
lett pool higher vote than I'D lodge~- opponent The
Iude cndens confident that repcaor- AZ work
IN a the wards the eastern and southern part of
line city The Ecyuhlc4- 0f the opinion and
oaH 20 have evidence n gIo,- frauds ia several wards.